At 10:24 AM 10/28/99 +0300, you wrote: >Hi Robert! > >I've got interested by this way of division. How do you decompose 1/5 into >(1/4-1/16+1/64-1/256...)? It may be useful in digital filter design with >fixed weights :) > >Regards, >Nikolai X / 5 = X/(4+1) = (X/4) /(1+1/4)= (X/4) * (1 - 1/4 + 1/16 - 1/64 + 1/256 ...) = X/4 - X/16 + X/64 - X/256 + X/1024 - X/4096 ... ================================================================ Robert A. LaBudde, PhD, PAS, Dpl. ACAFS e-mail: ral@lcfltd.com Least Cost Formulations, Ltd. URL: http://lcfltd.com/ 824 Timberlake Drive Tel: 757-467-0954 Virginia Beach, VA 23464-3239 Fax: 757-467-2947 "Vere scire est per causae scire" ================================================================